Raj, Telangana to vote today

Rajasthan and Telangana will go to polls today in a high-stakes battle, the results of which combined with those of the three other states are being seen as a precursor to next year’s general elections. The BJP and the Congress are locked in a tough fight in Rajasthan, which has not voted the same party to power for more than one term in the last 20 years, while in Telangana the ruling TRS is facing a resurgent Congress-led People’s Front in its bid for a second term.

The contest is largely bipolar between the BJP and Congress for the 200- member Rajasthan Assembly but is expected to be triangular, especially in some seats, for the 119-member Telangana assembly where the Congress has tied up with unlikely rival TDP, CPI and Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS), a new party floated by M Kodandaram, who was once Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s friend in the Telangana movement. Voting will start at 7 am in Telangana and at 8 am in Rajasthan and VVPATs (voter verifiable paper audit trail) will be used in all the constituencies.

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